Azure Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 28 12
Rank change year-on-year +12 -16 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 136 26 59
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 11.70% 6.39% 12.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.81% 21.49% 42.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 20 46
10th Percentile £411 £185 £185
25th Percentile £470 £347 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% -7.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £597
90th Percentile £688 £555 £631
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.09%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 472 121 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 40.62% 29.73% 29.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 94 98
10th Percentile £366 £256 £207
25th Percentile £425 £391 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £562 £600 £588
90th Percentile £669 £650 £629
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.20
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £56.50 £32.96 £15.00
% change year-on-year +71.42% +119.73% -60.26%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 3 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in South Yorkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield +9 132 £522 +16.00% 30
Doncaster - 2 £525 - 1
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.35%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.88%) Confluence
3 7 (5.15%) Apache Spark
4 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.74%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 81 (59.56%) AWS
2 77 (56.62%) GCP
3 22 (16.18%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (14.71%) Entra ID
5 17 (12.50%) GitHub
6 14 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (10.29%) Power Platform
7 13 (9.56%) OpenShift
8 10 (7.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 8 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (5.15%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (5.15%) Serverless
11 6 (4.41%) OneDrive
11 6 (4.41%) SaaS
12 5 (3.68%) Azure Storage
12 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (3.68%) PowerApps
13 4 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (2.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.88%) SAN
2 7 (5.15%) Network Security
3 6 (4.41%) Firewall
4 5 (3.68%) DNS
4 5 (3.68%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.21%) Kerberos
5 3 (2.21%) NAS
6 2 (1.47%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.47%) VSAN
7 1 (0.74%) HTTP
7 1 (0.74%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.35%) Power BI
2 9 (6.62%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (5.15%) Big Data
4 7 (5.15%) Neo4j
5 6 (4.41%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.68%) MySQL
7 4 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.94%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.94%) Delta Lake
7 4 (2.94%) Relational Database
8 3 (2.21%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.21%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.74%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.74%) DataStage
9 1 (0.74%) DB2
9 1 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.74%) Parquet
9 1 (0.74%) Redis
Development Applications
1 35 (25.74%) Jenkins
2 31 (22.79%) JIRA
3 24 (17.65%) GitLab
4 14 (10.29%) Selenium
5 13 (9.56%) Cucumber
5 13 (9.56%) Git
5 13 (9.56%) REST Assured
6 11 (8.09%) Postman
7 5 (3.68%) Gatling
7 5 (3.68%) JMeter
7 5 (3.68%) TestRail
8 4 (2.94%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.94%) LoadRunner
8 4 (2.94%) NeoLoad
9 3 (2.21%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (2.21%) CircleCI
9 3 (2.21%) Fiddler
10 2 (1.47%) JUnit
10 2 (1.47%) Maven
10 2 (1.47%) SoapUI
General
1 56 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 46 (33.82%) Finance
3 28 (20.59%) Banking
4 11 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.15%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.68%) Law
6 5 (3.68%) Legal
7 3 (2.21%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (21.32%) Lead
2 24 (17.65%) DevOps Engineer
3 15 (11.03%) Architect
4 10 (7.35%) Test Automation Engineer
4 10 (7.35%) Test Engineer
5 8 (5.88%) Developer
6 7 (5.15%) Azure Engineer
6 7 (5.15%) Data Engineer
6 7 (5.15%) Security Engineer
7 6 (4.41%) Automation Test Lead
7 6 (4.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 6 (4.41%) Consultant
7 6 (4.41%) Test Leader
8 5 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (3.68%) Java Developer
8 5 (3.68%) Lead DevOps
8 5 (3.68%) Lead DevOps Engineer
8 5 (3.68%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 5 (3.68%) Test Architect
8 5 (3.68%) Test Automation Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (18.38%) OpenID
2 24 (17.65%) REST
3 21 (15.44%) LDAP
4 16 (11.76%) SailPoint
5 10 (7.35%) OAuth
6 8 (5.88%) .NET
6 8 (5.88%) Kafka
6 8 (5.88%) SAML
7 6 (4.41%) PySpark
8 5 (3.68%) Middleware
8 5 (3.68%) OAuth2
8 5 (3.68%) Playwright
9 4 (2.94%) ARM Templates
9 4 (2.94%) JSON
9 4 (2.94%) React
9 4 (2.94%) RESTful
9 4 (2.94%) Spring Boot
10 3 (2.21%) FIDO
10 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (2.21%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.85%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.82%) Data Centre
3 11 (8.09%) Onboarding
4 10 (7.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (6.62%) Product Ownership
6 6 (4.41%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.68%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (3.68%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (3.68%) FlexPod
8 4 (2.94%) Replication
9 3 (2.21%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (2.21%) EMC VMAX
9 3 (2.21%) EMC VNX
9 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (2.21%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.47%) IoT
11 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.50%) Linux
2 8 (5.88%) Data ONTAP
3 7 (5.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (4.41%) CoreOS
4 6 (4.41%) VMS
5 5 (3.68%) Windows
6 4 (2.94%) Unix
7 3 (2.21%) AIX
8 1 (0.74%) Android
8 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (56.62%) DevOps
2 72 (52.94%) CI/CD
3 32 (23.53%) Agile
3 32 (23.53%) Test Automation
4 31 (22.79%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (21.32%) Containerisation
6 28 (20.59%) Observability
6 28 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 26 (19.12%) DevSecOps
7 26 (19.12%) Infrastructure as Code
8 24 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
9 21 (15.44%) Migration
9 21 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (15.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (13.97%) Analytics
11 18 (13.24%) AI
11 18 (13.24%) Data Ingestion
11 18 (13.24%) ETL
11 18 (13.24%) Microservices
12 17 (12.50%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (33.09%) Python
2 39 (28.68%) Java
3 33 (24.26%) SQL
4 15 (11.03%) PowerShell
5 13 (9.56%) Bash
6 11 (8.09%) JavaScript
7 7 (5.15%) Go
8 5 (3.68%) PHP
8 5 (3.68%) Scala
9 4 (2.94%) C#
9 4 (2.94%) Cypher
9 4 (2.94%) Kotlin
9 4 (2.94%) Shell Script
9 4 (2.94%) TypeScript
10 3 (2.21%) Bicep
11 2 (1.47%) Groovy
12 1 (0.74%) X++
Qualifications
1 7 (5.15%) Degree
1 7 (5.15%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.41%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.68%) CISSP
3 5 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.68%) OCP
3 5 (3.68%) Oracle Certification
4 4 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.94%) CCSP
4 4 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.94%) CISM
4 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.21%) CCSK
5 3 (2.21%) NCDA
5 3 (2.21%) NCIE
5 3 (2.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.47%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.74%) RHCA
7 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.29%) QA
2 6 (4.41%) NIST
2 6 (4.41%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.94%) GDPR
4 4 (2.94%) HIPAA
4 4 (2.94%) SLA
4 4 (2.94%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.47%) GRC
6 1 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.74%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (16.18%) Docker
2 14 (10.29%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (9.56%) Active Directory
4 10 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (5.88%) vSphere
6 7 (5.15%) NFS
7 5 (3.68%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 3 (2.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (2.21%) Hyper-V
8 3 (2.21%) SRDF
8 3 (2.21%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.74%) Ceph
9 1 (0.74%) KVM
Systems Management
1 47 (34.56%) Kubernetes
2 36 (26.47%) Terraform
3 21 (15.44%) Ansible
4 14 (10.29%) Grafana
5 9 (6.62%) Prometheus
6 8 (5.88%) SnapMirror
7 4 (2.94%) Kustomize
7 4 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (2.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (2.21%) Argo
8 3 (2.21%) EMC VPLEX
8 3 (2.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (1.47%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (1.47%) NetBackup
9 2 (1.47%) SnapVault
9 2 (1.47%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.74%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.74%) IBM Guardium
10 1 (0.74%) Istio
10 1 (0.74%) logstash
Vendors
1 28 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 22 (16.18%) ServiceNow
3 19 (13.97%) Google
4 13 (9.56%) Databricks
5 10 (7.35%) Red Hat
5 10 (7.35%) VMware
6 8 (5.88%) NetApp
6 8 (5.88%) Oracle
6 8 (5.88%) Splunk
7 6 (4.41%) OpenAI
8 4 (2.94%) Alibaba
9 3 (2.21%) 3PAR
9 3 (2.21%) AppDynamics
9 3 (2.21%) Aruba
9 3 (2.21%) Brocade
9 3 (2.21%) CyberArk
9 3 (2.21%) Dell
9 3 (2.21%) EMC
9 3 (2.21%) Okta
9 3 (2.21%) Veeam